Author Topic: The calendar post. (Read 1425 times)

Double D · « **on:** August 30, 2007, 12:37:11 AM »

The Pictures worthy of a Calendar post will be locked and closed next week. I will be getting everything set for final selection process for the calendar.

If you have pictures you want to considered get them posted.

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #1 on:** August 30, 2007, 12:53:46 AM »

How about Sept 10th? That way we can get in our pix of the latest golf-ball competition.

Get the pix in guys (and gals)!

Let's make the decision making for DD tough!

Double D · « **Reply #2 on:** August 30, 2007, 09:48:23 AM »

Sounds good September10 is the deadline.

If you want your picture considered for the calender get it posted inthe Calandar post. Only pictures posted there will be considered.

The cover will be a collage of the all pictures submitted. I am going to post all the pictures into a poll. You will get 12 choices in the poll. The 12 pictures with the highest totals will be the 12 months. Highest total getting to be January. Number 12 will Be December.

The calendar will be available at the GBO Gear store.

Double D · « **Reply #3 on:** September 15, 2007, 09:19:19 AM »

The Calendar post is now closed. I have copied all the pictures. There were 79 of them. The pictures had to be of a cannon. So if the picture wasn't a cannon, I didn't copy it. There were also acouple of pictures that were just to blurry to be used and i didn't coy them either.

El Cazador had the most pictures and he could make more than three calendars with just the pictures he posted.

I will have to up load the pictures to my phot host and then hopefully I will post the poll and you can choose your 12 most favorite.

I will also have to make the collage of all the pictures. That will be the cover.

Keep your eyes open for the poll

Graybeard · « **Reply #4 on:** September 15, 2007, 10:46:06 AM »

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I will have to up load the pictures to my phot host and then hopefully I will post the poll and you can choose your 12 most favorite.

Surely that would be www.myhostedpics.com right?

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Double D · « **Reply #5 on:** September 15, 2007, 06:19:29 PM »

Actually I use MyHosted Picture a lot. For quick and easy photo hosting for posting pictures here on the internet you couldn't ask for a simpler system.

I have had my commercial photo hosting site since 2001. I have 2901 pictures stored on it for a total of 457.88 MB. A lot of those pictures are here on GBO. It is not as user friendly as MYHosted pictures.

I had 96 pictures to up load last night and MyHosted pictures only lets me upload three at a time and is slow uploading. My Commercial photo hosting site let me upload all 96 at once. In fact I selected the 96 last night and went to bed while they uploaded.

On the other hand if I need to upload one or two pictures quck and post them on the board, it's quicker and simpler to use MyHosted pictues. On the commercial site I to log in, select the album I want to open, then select the method for upload I want to use, then select the pictures to up load. it takes longer to get to that stage on my commercial site.

Now on the other side once the pictures are loaded MYHosted has the linkage all pre posted. All I have to do to post a picture here is copy and paste the link from MyHosted pictures. In my Commercial photo hosting sight I have to generate a link to each photo each time I want to use the picture. A much slower process than MyHosted pictures.

I'm not about to give up my commercial site and I am not going to give up MyHosted pictures either, I use both. You guys looking to post pictures here and on other boards would do well by opening up a free MyHosted picture account. Yes my HostedPicture will work on other forums.

seacoastartillery · « **Reply #6 on:** September 15, 2007, 06:33:12 PM »

The New River Valley Cannoneers

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #7 on:** September 16, 2007, 07:20:29 AM »

Ahhh yes, that was back when I had a beard - shaved it off for hunting season.

seacoastartillery · « **Reply #8 on:** September 16, 2007, 08:31:46 AM »

What?? Just when you were beginning to look really distinguished? Like a former Surgeon General of the United States.

Tim, this photo, composed and shot by your wife, came out quite a bit better than the other one of the same group in the New River Valley thread which, I believe, we forgot to submit. It would be nice to put a GBO cannoneer group and a cannon up for a vote if it is at all possible. The last post by DD indicated that the Calendar post was not closed, so if it is possible to ZAP one of the two pics of our cannon and substitute this more significant photo, then please do it. If it is technically too difficult to do this, then don't. We are not asking for the addition of a photo, just substitution.

Thank you DD and C. Everett!

Tracy

Double D · « **Reply #9 on:** September 16, 2007, 09:05:21 AM »

Ya mean that wasn't Santa Claus...and the cannon post is closed, shut off, finished, nada, nunca, nomore!!!!! I am trying to put it all together in a poll right now.

I have a feeling that by time this project is done I am gonna hate the guy who came up with the callendar idea!!! Who was that idiot any way?

Double D · « **Reply #10 on:** September 17, 2007, 03:43:33 AM »

Well here is your SAMPLE BALLOT From this list you will select 12. I suggest you look things over and get some idea which 12 you might want to pick. You might also go back to at the original for a better look at teh pictures. You will also notice that not all the pictures are listed there were several duplicates and couple that had quality issues.

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The Poll will run for 14 days. At the end of 14 days I will send an email to the top 12 vote getters asking them me to send a copy of the picture they submitted formatted 11 x 8 ½ inches. If I don’t get a response from someone in a weeks time I will go down the list and notify the next highest vote getter to send a picture. I will continue this process until I have 12 pictures that fit the format. These runners up who are asked step up will only get a couple of days to send me a picture and I will move on. So, if you are a runner up it might be wise to get your picture set up and ready to before I ask.

It’s going to take some time to put the calendar together and we want it out before New Years. The goal is to get it out by December 1. Wish me luck.

There still is one other unknown. As you can see there 86 possible choices. We still are unsure if the GBO Software will allow us to give 86 options. Graybeard thinks there is a limit but is unsure how many. If I run into problems I will get back to you and let you know how I resolved the issue.

Double D · « **Reply #11 on:** September 17, 2007, 04:03:04 AM »

Okay guys there it is look it over and tell me what you think. If there is no probelm then in the next day or two I will move on to the actual poll.

Cannonball · « **Reply #12 on:** September 17, 2007, 08:10:25 AM »

3,8,16,25,29,31,39,48,52,53,56 and 63
I have to admit, I chose several of my own!

Graybeard · « **Reply #13 on:** September 17, 2007, 08:37:49 AM »

Matt says nope can't be done as a poll so will need to do it another way. Perhaps off this thread where folks just write in their selections as the previous poster did. BTW my vote is for:

1, 7, 13, 17, 29, 30, 33, 35, 69, 75, 83, 84

Double D · « **Reply #14 on:** September 17, 2007, 08:53:55 AM »

Let me think about this a bit. I have a couple idea's. When I do it will be in clean new unambigious thread clearly announcing thiis the one.

Don Krag · « **Reply #15 on:** September 17, 2007, 09:30:56 AM »

33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 63, 68, 76, 77, 84, 53 and 27 if a higher res pic is available

Double D · « **Reply #16 on:** September 17, 2007, 09:57:10 AM »

I got an Idea how to do this. I am going to sleep on this and see if I like teh ide in the morning.

Don one of criteria for posting a picture for consideration for the calendar was this

Post the picture here on the board in the usual format 576 pix wide at 72 ppi. Save the picture on your computer at a higher resolution and larger size---best full size as it come out of the camera. Then if your picture is selected I will have you send me your high resolution picture for posting in the calendar.

If you posted a picture in the post to be considered for the calendar and you do not have the picture saved in the higher resolution and larger size tell me now so I can remove your picture. The picture for the calender must be 8 1/2 by 11.

I already know that some of these pictures are at very low resolution now and if this is the only copy of the picture you have, it won't work. If you don't have the picture saved in the higher resolution and larger size and you don't tell me now you are wasting my time and everyone elses time by leaving it up.

Double D · « **Reply #17 on:** September 17, 2007, 07:21:27 PM »

Quote from: Double D on September 17, 2007, 09:57:10 AM

I already know that some of these pictures are at very low resolution now and if this is the only copy of the picture you have, it won't work. If you don't have the picture saved in the higher resolution and larger size and you don't tell me now you are wasting my time and everyone elses time by leaving it up.

Grumpy O.F. aren't I...teach me to stay up late!

GGaskill · « **Reply #18 on:** September 17, 2007, 08:37:06 PM »

OK, No. 63 is 2592x1944.

Matt · « **Reply #19 on:** September 18, 2007, 03:01:49 PM »

Ok guys I just checked and it would seem that you can add up to 256 poll options so you guys have at it and let me know the 12 that win the poll

Matt

lance · « **Reply #20 on:** September 18, 2007, 04:25:25 PM »

Double D, i can't choose, i like them all........... can't ya make a poster of all of them? i can hang a calendar under a poster

Double D · « **Reply #21 on:** September 18, 2007, 05:03:57 PM »

The Cover will be a collage of all of them.

EL Caz 66 · « **Reply #22 on:** September 19, 2007, 01:52:48 AM »

1,28,33,34,39,36,53,62,63,68,76,77

Double D · « **Reply #23 on:** September 19, 2007, 07:10:27 AM »

Time to vote folks!!! Vote for Cannon Calendar pictures